{"id":10,"date":"2008-05-21T20:27:27","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T00:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/the-great-co-mission\/fundraising-for-short-term-missions"},"modified":"2008-07-24T08:03:13","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T13:03:13","slug":"fundraising-for-short-term-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2008\/05\/21\/fundraising-for-short-term-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraising for Short-Term Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Building a base of support for short-term missions requires time and<br \/>\nenergy. Participants need to sharpen their vision for missions and<br \/>\ninvite others to support the work they plan to pursue. These<br \/>\nassessments will help you communicate with donors and ask them to<br \/>\nsupport the opportunities for service that God has given us.<\/p>\n<p>$9.95 from <a href=\"http:\/\/buildingchurchleaders.com\/downloads\/assessmentpack\/fundraisingshorttermmissions\/?tCode=C7AF69E462&amp;dCode=B639BCBCFF\" target=\"_blank\">Building Church Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Training Pack contains all of the following:<\/p>\n<h3>Sharing Common Values<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Short-term missionaries and their donors should share the same essential values.<br \/>\nby Pete Sommer<\/p>\n<h3>A Variety of Sources<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Why keep dipping into the same well when we can seek help in multiple ways?<br \/>\nby Scott Kirby<\/p>\n<h3>Making Your Case<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each short-term missionary should follow these guidelines when communicating with donors.<br \/>\nby Pete Sommer<\/p>\n<h3>A Better Donor Letter<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are the fund-raising letters we send focused, personal, and compelling?<br \/>\nby David C. Forward<\/p>\n<h3>Honest and Above Board<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Accountability and truth build ethics into short-term missions fundraising.<br \/>\nby Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Missions<\/p>\n<h3>Outside the Box<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Is our church supporting missions fundraising from a large enough pool of ideas?<br \/>\nby Greg Asimakoupoulos<\/p>\n<h3>Fanning the Flames<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Is your church on fire for short-term missions giving, or ready to pour water on the idea?<br \/>\nby Richard Lewis<\/p>\n<h3>How Tall Are the Hurdles?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every church faces obstacles to missions comprehension and fundraising.<br \/>\nby Paul Borthwick<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=10&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building a base of support for short-term missions requires time and energy. Participants need to sharpen their vision for missions and invite others to support the work they plan to pursue. These assessments will help you communicate with donors and ask them to support the opportunities for service that God has given us. $9.95 from Building Church Leaders This Training Pack contains all of the following: Sharing Common Values Short-term missionaries and their donors should share the same essential values. by Pete Sommer A Variety of Sources Why keep dipping into the same well when we can seek help in multiple ways? by Scott Kirby Making Your Case Each short-term missionary should follow these guidelines when communicating with donors. by Pete Sommer A Better Donor Letter Are the fund-raising letters we send focused, personal, and compelling? by David C. Forward Honest and Above Board Accountability and truth build ethics into short-term missions fundraising. by Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Missions Outside the Box Is our church supporting missions fundraising from a large enough pool of ideas? by Greg Asimakoupoulos Fanning the Flames Is your church on fire for short-term missions giving, or ready to pour water on the idea? by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,20],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fundraising","category-toolkit","tag-mission-trip"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fundraising for Short-Term Missions - Serve Globally Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2008\/05\/21\/fundraising-for-short-term-missions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fundraising for Short-Term Missions - Serve Globally Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Building a base of support for short-term missions requires time and energy. 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